1 00:00:00,709 --> 00:00:02,376 [♪ gentle music playing] 2 00:00:02,377 --> 00:00:04,004 [computer keys clacking] 3 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:06,755 [Carrie] Autumn was here. 4 00:00:06,756 --> 00:00:09,676 And as the leaves turned gold and the air turned crisp... 5 00:00:10,677 --> 00:00:12,846 the woman returned to herself. 6 00:00:14,764 --> 00:00:16,640 Her hours turned into days. 7 00:00:16,641 --> 00:00:18,559 Her days turned into weeks. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,146 Her pain turned into productivity. 9 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:25,149 The family that would never inhabit her home, 10 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:26,567 or her heart, 11 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:28,569 faded from her life, 12 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:32,072 the way the golden leaf faded to brown at her feet. 13 00:00:32,073 --> 00:00:33,491 She had done all she could. 14 00:00:34,242 --> 00:00:35,827 She had done all she could. 15 00:00:36,745 --> 00:00:38,329 She had done all she could. 16 00:00:39,497 --> 00:00:40,789 Oh my. 17 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:42,916 Repeating that last sentence? 18 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:44,585 - It's not too much? - No. 19 00:00:44,586 --> 00:00:47,129 I mean, it's a fact, and it's a kind of mantra, 20 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:49,757 and it shows us how much 21 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:52,134 she still needs to convince herself of it. 22 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:54,011 And ending the chapter in it? 23 00:00:54,012 --> 00:00:55,512 Smart. 24 00:00:55,513 --> 00:00:56,930 - Also clever? - Mm-hmm? 25 00:00:56,931 --> 00:00:58,849 Having the man make it back safely from the war, 26 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:00,601 but then dying of the untreated wound 27 00:01:00,602 --> 00:01:02,770 from the previous battle? 28 00:01:02,771 --> 00:01:03,937 Surprising. 29 00:01:03,938 --> 00:01:07,149 - [chuckles] - And Scotch-worthy. 30 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:09,026 Scotch-worthy? Wow! 31 00:01:09,027 --> 00:01:11,361 I haven't had a "Scotch-worthy" 32 00:01:11,362 --> 00:01:13,489 in about, mm, over a week. 33 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:16,658 My dear, if I drank as much as you deserved, 34 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:18,327 I'd be returning home to Mrs. Thatcher 35 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:19,995 - schnockered every night. - [chuckles] 36 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:22,790 And she would not appreciate it. 37 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:24,792 Nor would my rapidly approaching deadline. 38 00:01:24,793 --> 00:01:26,001 [Carrie] Oh, God, please don't tell me 39 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:27,336 that helping with my book 40 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:29,296 - has put you behind. - [clicking tongue] A little. 41 00:01:29,297 --> 00:01:31,799 - [Carrie groans] - But worse, it shamed me. 42 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,301 I mean, I've had a writing jag like the one you're experiencing 43 00:01:34,302 --> 00:01:35,803 but it was cocaine-fueled. 44 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:38,806 - [Carrie chuckles] - I mean, the sheer volume of pages 45 00:01:38,807 --> 00:01:41,308 flying out of you these past weeks is remarkable. 46 00:01:41,309 --> 00:01:43,852 Well, writing has proved to come in handy 47 00:01:43,853 --> 00:01:46,272 given my current circumstance. 48 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:49,399 As would a Scotch. 49 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,984 Oh, sorry. 50 00:01:50,985 --> 00:01:53,487 Um, I was waiting for you to repeat it three times. 51 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:56,323 "She wanted a Scotch. She wanted a Scotch. 52 00:01:56,324 --> 00:01:59,660 She wanted a Scotch." 53 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:01,078 - [Scotch pouring] - Really, is it-- 54 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:02,496 is it indulgent? 55 00:02:02,497 --> 00:02:04,081 No. Don't worry, I'll let you know 56 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:05,666 if the prose gets too purple. 57 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:07,209 - Hmm. - Okay. 58 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:09,211 Now you've steeled yourself, the opening paragraph 59 00:02:09,212 --> 00:02:10,754 of chapter 16's too purple. 60 00:02:10,755 --> 00:02:12,589 It's lavender at its worst. 61 00:02:12,590 --> 00:02:14,883 Oh, well, what do I know? 62 00:02:14,884 --> 00:02:17,886 I only have five bestselling books. 63 00:02:17,887 --> 00:02:19,346 I have seven. 64 00:02:19,347 --> 00:02:22,683 My biographies are 700 pages long. 65 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:25,728 The plots are already written for you. 66 00:02:27,105 --> 00:02:28,689 [Duncan inhales sharply] 67 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:30,066 You know, I wonder-- 68 00:02:31,067 --> 00:02:33,402 No. No, sorry. I don't wonder. 69 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:34,946 What don't you wonder? 70 00:02:36,072 --> 00:02:37,740 I don't wonder... 71 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,202 what I'd be reading if he were still here. 72 00:02:42,912 --> 00:02:44,454 Is that too forward? 73 00:02:44,455 --> 00:02:45,540 Hm. 74 00:02:48,084 --> 00:02:49,794 What would you be reading? 75 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,382 Hmm. I have no idea. 76 00:02:55,758 --> 00:02:57,177 I have no idea. 77 00:02:57,927 --> 00:03:01,054 I have no idea. 78 00:03:01,055 --> 00:03:02,764 [chuckles] 79 00:03:02,765 --> 00:03:06,143 I will tell you, it would not be as far along. 80 00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:07,270 Well... 81 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:10,939 - I'm off back to my... - [glasses clinking] 82 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:12,859 ...plot that's already written. 83 00:03:16,112 --> 00:03:17,237 It's true. 84 00:03:17,238 --> 00:03:19,032 What the bloody hell takes me so long? 85 00:03:22,827 --> 00:03:24,120 Well done, you. 86 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:27,331 [♪ gentle music playing] 87 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:28,416 [door closes] 88 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:35,797 Oh, man, Miranda, 89 00:03:35,798 --> 00:03:37,925 you pulled this place together pretty fast. 90 00:03:37,926 --> 00:03:39,760 Steve, I bought it fully furnished. 91 00:03:39,761 --> 00:03:41,595 Okay, I was wondering, 'cause it took us 92 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:43,931 two years to decide on a couch. [chuckles] 93 00:03:43,932 --> 00:03:45,474 And then you never got another one. 94 00:03:45,475 --> 00:03:48,101 Because it took us two years to decide on that one. 95 00:03:48,102 --> 00:03:49,437 Aw, man, look at that! 96 00:03:50,021 --> 00:03:53,106 Black cod, carrot purée, sautéed Swiss chard. 97 00:03:53,107 --> 00:03:56,026 So, you weren't just pretending to use the stove in there. 98 00:03:56,027 --> 00:03:58,362 [chuckles] Yeah, I kinda got into cooking 99 00:03:58,363 --> 00:03:59,821 for Dad and me. I really like it. 100 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:01,615 Time for a DNA test. 101 00:04:01,616 --> 00:04:03,283 That's why I wanted to get us all together, 102 00:04:03,284 --> 00:04:06,036 tell you I'm quitting Scout to go back to school. 103 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:08,373 - [gasps] Oh, my God! - Oh, no! 104 00:04:09,165 --> 00:04:10,999 You're surprised by my reaction? 105 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,043 He just said he likes cooking. 106 00:04:13,044 --> 00:04:16,004 Cooking sliders and clams on Coney Island, not cooking. 107 00:04:16,005 --> 00:04:18,632 I enrolled at The Institute for Culinary Education. 108 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:20,884 [gasps] Our son, the chef! 109 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:22,344 [Steve] Hey, hey. You know, 110 00:04:22,345 --> 00:04:24,888 this is 'cause of that show The Bear. 111 00:04:24,889 --> 00:04:27,641 I don't care how or why, if there's a diploma involved. 112 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:28,810 [Steve] Mm-hmm. 113 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:32,145 There's, uh, something else 114 00:04:32,146 --> 00:04:33,647 I wanted to talk to you two about. 115 00:04:33,648 --> 00:04:34,982 Oh. [chuckles] We will pay. 116 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:36,233 - [Steve] Yeah. - No problem. 117 00:04:36,234 --> 00:04:37,986 [chuckles] No, Mom, it's not that. 118 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,822 So, uh... 119 00:04:41,906 --> 00:04:43,408 I got someone pregnant. 120 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:45,326 - [silverware clattering] - What? 121 00:04:46,411 --> 00:04:47,620 Yeah. 122 00:04:49,580 --> 00:04:50,831 [Miranda] Wait, who? 123 00:04:50,832 --> 00:04:53,083 I-- I didn't even know you were seeing anybody. 124 00:04:53,084 --> 00:04:55,085 Yeah, I'm-- I'm not. 125 00:04:55,086 --> 00:04:57,505 It's this girl I've hooked up with maybe twice. 126 00:04:58,715 --> 00:04:59,966 "Maybe twice"? 127 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:01,926 You don't know? 128 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:05,512 Two or three times? I... [sighs] 129 00:05:05,513 --> 00:05:06,930 I was pretty wasted. 130 00:05:06,931 --> 00:05:08,265 [Steve] Two or three times? 131 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:09,599 You were pretty wasted? 132 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,185 What the fuck are you saying to us?! 133 00:05:12,186 --> 00:05:13,980 - Steve? - What-- "Steve" what? 134 00:05:15,356 --> 00:05:16,816 What's her name? 135 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:20,111 - Mia. - Mia what? 136 00:05:23,698 --> 00:05:26,199 Why didn't you wear a condom? 137 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,201 [Miranda] So, um... 138 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:31,204 - Okay, um... - [whispering] Yeah, Jesus. 139 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:33,915 - How pregnant is she? - [Brady] Like, very. 140 00:05:33,916 --> 00:05:36,126 I bumped into her on the street where she works, 141 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:38,879 and she was, like, clearly pregnant. 142 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,547 She said that's the only reason she told me, 143 00:05:40,548 --> 00:05:42,300 'cause it was so obvious. 144 00:05:45,803 --> 00:05:47,596 How do you know it's yours? 145 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:49,139 She said so. 146 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:51,266 But it sounds like she sleeps with a lot of people. 147 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,310 Where did you get that from? 148 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:55,479 Well, it... [sighs] 149 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,065 So, do you know if she's planning to keep it? 150 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:59,609 Or put it up for adoption? 151 00:06:01,402 --> 00:06:03,487 Oh, man. Oh, man, alright. 152 00:06:03,488 --> 00:06:06,239 You were just getting your life together, 153 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,951 and now you have fucked it up so bad! 154 00:06:09,952 --> 00:06:12,245 Dad, it's cool. I can still do my life. 155 00:06:12,246 --> 00:06:13,914 She doesn't want me involved. 156 00:06:13,915 --> 00:06:16,333 You are involved! You got someone pregnant, 157 00:06:16,334 --> 00:06:18,627 someone who's having your baby 158 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:20,837 who doesn't want to be with you! 159 00:06:20,838 --> 00:06:23,465 Do you know how messed up that is? 160 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:25,425 It's fucking messed up! 161 00:06:25,426 --> 00:06:26,511 - Steve. - Dad, calm down. 162 00:06:26,803 --> 00:06:28,428 It's a situation. We'll figure it out. 163 00:06:28,429 --> 00:06:30,806 You can't figure something like this out! 164 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:32,349 And I know what I'm talking about! 165 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:34,434 Yeah, well, this isn't about you and Mom. 166 00:06:34,435 --> 00:06:36,937 No, because I loved your mother, 167 00:06:36,938 --> 00:06:39,272 and I knew her last name! 168 00:06:39,273 --> 00:06:41,274 - [Brady scoffs] - [Miranda] Steve. We-- we just gotta-- okay? 169 00:06:41,275 --> 00:06:44,027 No! You're 20 fucking years old, 170 00:06:44,028 --> 00:06:46,613 and you don't have two dollars in your pocket 171 00:06:46,614 --> 00:06:48,241 for a fucking rubber?! 172 00:06:49,367 --> 00:06:52,285 [grunting] And you shrug the shoulders again, 173 00:06:52,286 --> 00:06:54,454 and I'm gonna fucking lay you out. 174 00:06:54,455 --> 00:06:56,331 - [Brady scoffs] - Okay, let's just all calm dow-- 175 00:06:56,332 --> 00:06:58,792 - Where are you going? - Away from the verbally abusive 176 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:00,210 and physically threatening parent. 177 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:01,878 This is not a joke, buddy! 178 00:07:01,879 --> 00:07:04,214 You have messed up your entire life! 179 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:06,551 Fuck, Miranda! Fuck! 180 00:07:07,385 --> 00:07:08,636 [groaning] 181 00:07:09,178 --> 00:07:10,346 [Miranda sighing] 182 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:14,641 [Steve sighing, sniffling] 183 00:07:14,642 --> 00:07:16,143 Okay, but what's going on? 184 00:07:16,144 --> 00:07:17,728 Hold on, let me get Carrie. 185 00:07:19,313 --> 00:07:20,564 Carrie, are you there? 186 00:07:20,565 --> 00:07:21,648 Yes, I am. 187 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:23,233 Hold on. Charlotte? 188 00:07:23,234 --> 00:07:24,818 - Yes? - Okay. 189 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:26,570 - [♪ tense, plucky music playing] - Brady... 190 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:28,238 got somebody pregnant. 191 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:29,906 - Oh, no! - Oh, my. 192 00:07:29,907 --> 00:07:31,324 He came over to dinner tonight 193 00:07:31,325 --> 00:07:33,034 and dropped that bomb on Steve and me. 194 00:07:33,035 --> 00:07:34,870 I didn't even know Brady was seeing anyone. 195 00:07:34,871 --> 00:07:37,164 He isn't! She was just a hook-up. 196 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:39,082 - Oh, my. - Oh, no! 197 00:07:39,083 --> 00:07:41,877 Oh, that's my worst nightmare-- oh, I'm-- I'm sorry, 198 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:43,503 I'm sorry. I'm making this about me. 199 00:07:43,504 --> 00:07:45,589 - This is about you. - Please. 200 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:47,257 Can it be about somebody else? 201 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:50,010 Well, what do you know about her? 202 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:53,263 Nothing. Except that apparently, she's showing so much, 203 00:07:53,264 --> 00:07:55,265 there's no "not being pregnant" option. 204 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:56,850 Is there room for another "oh, my"? 205 00:07:56,851 --> 00:07:59,227 Steve lost it. 206 00:07:59,228 --> 00:08:01,230 I've never seen him that upset at Brady. 207 00:08:02,231 --> 00:08:05,108 "You got someone pregnant who doesn't want to be with you." 208 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:06,359 Sound familiar? 209 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,195 She doesn't want to be with Brady? 210 00:08:08,196 --> 00:08:10,573 No! That's something else I know. 211 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,700 Hey, guys, I'm gonna be a grandma! 212 00:08:13,701 --> 00:08:16,036 - Well, are you? - What do you mean? 213 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:18,371 Well, if she said she doesn't want to be involved 214 00:08:18,372 --> 00:08:20,749 with Brady, that kind of means you, too. 215 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:24,085 Not necessarily. It-- it's kind of a gray area. 216 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:26,881 And you know how much I love a gray area. 217 00:08:27,548 --> 00:08:30,050 - Ooh! - Yeah. 218 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:33,053 [kisses smacking, moaning] 219 00:08:33,054 --> 00:08:35,556 - [Anthony] Feel good? - Mm-hmm. Really good. 220 00:08:36,557 --> 00:08:39,726 - [loud banging] - What the fuck is that? 221 00:08:39,727 --> 00:08:41,478 Someone's at the door. 222 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:43,689 It better not be that girl pushing Thin Mints again. 223 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:47,734 [sighs] Don't answer the door hard! 224 00:08:47,735 --> 00:08:49,529 [loud knocking continues] 225 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,448 Down, boy. 226 00:08:54,075 --> 00:08:57,119 Down, boy. Down, boy. 227 00:08:58,996 --> 00:09:00,331 Oh, boy. 228 00:09:02,458 --> 00:09:04,668 Well, we have to go to a hotel. 229 00:09:04,669 --> 00:09:07,796 A neighbor punctured a gas line installing a flat screen, 230 00:09:07,797 --> 00:09:10,550 and fireman Zac Efron says everyone has to evacuate. 231 00:09:10,925 --> 00:09:13,510 It's late. We don't have to go to a hotel. 232 00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:15,179 We can go to my apartment. 233 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:18,265 - Tony? - Oh, I heard ya. 234 00:09:18,266 --> 00:09:20,059 I just prayed this day would never come. 235 00:09:21,352 --> 00:09:24,646 So, what? You have, like, five roommates? 236 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:26,439 Just one. He's an artist 237 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,109 who works the night shift at Whole Foods. 238 00:09:28,609 --> 00:09:30,277 Crashing with you and your roommate 239 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:31,737 on the Upper West Side. 240 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:35,157 Let me get my Wham! cassettes. [scoffs] 241 00:09:35,741 --> 00:09:37,743 [hamster wheel rattling] 242 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:43,873 The car's here. 243 00:09:43,874 --> 00:09:46,042 - Press breakfast starts at 9:00. - I just need five more minutes. 244 00:09:46,043 --> 00:09:48,128 And I have to be on the 12:25 train to D.C. 245 00:09:48,129 --> 00:09:49,714 to get to my doc interview. 246 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,299 What is that rodent doing in here? 247 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:54,467 Well, Gabby says her hamster misses me, 248 00:09:54,468 --> 00:09:58,722 that I'm not spending enough, uh, quality time with Shirley. 249 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:00,181 Can you say, "transference"? 250 00:10:00,182 --> 00:10:01,975 Chauncey wants us to do one last event 251 00:10:01,976 --> 00:10:04,811 before the election Tuesday. Friday night. 252 00:10:04,812 --> 00:10:06,646 But I think you said "no" to everything Friday, right? 253 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:07,814 I did. 254 00:10:07,815 --> 00:10:10,191 Your mother's arriving for your big night, 255 00:10:10,192 --> 00:10:11,818 and she will be very upset 256 00:10:11,819 --> 00:10:14,237 if I'm not here to be personally harassed by her. 257 00:10:14,238 --> 00:10:16,699 - You okay? - I'm just overbooked. 258 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,367 I'm like the hamster on the wheel. 259 00:10:19,368 --> 00:10:21,995 Oh, but you're much cuter. 260 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:24,164 - Much cuter. - You must be out of your mind 261 00:10:24,165 --> 00:10:25,707 if you think we can fit that in. 262 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,167 - Well, I can fit it in. - [chuckles] 263 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:29,669 - I can fit it in. - The conference is at 9:00. 264 00:10:29,670 --> 00:10:31,464 - Go! Go! - Come on, why you late? 265 00:10:37,345 --> 00:10:39,179 [car horn honking] 266 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,099 [♪ curious music playing] 267 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,899 Giuseppe? I finally finished him. 268 00:10:51,192 --> 00:10:52,193 Oh. 269 00:10:53,277 --> 00:10:55,655 Sorry, I didn't know you had company. 270 00:10:56,739 --> 00:10:59,283 [♪ curious music continues] 271 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:03,496 [door creaking shut] 272 00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:08,376 Who the fuck was that? 273 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:11,711 - My roommate. - Your roommate? 274 00:11:11,712 --> 00:11:14,631 I thought you said he worked at Whole Foods, not Old Foods! 275 00:11:14,632 --> 00:11:16,049 [shushing] Andrew will hear you. 276 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:18,301 Andrew? Don't you mean Geppetto? 277 00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:19,637 What's with the puppet? 278 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:22,555 He carves original characters out of wood, 279 00:11:22,556 --> 00:11:25,975 then performs entertainments in Strawberry Fields with them. 280 00:11:25,976 --> 00:11:28,103 That's how we met. I had my poem table 281 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:29,771 near where he was doing an entertainment. 282 00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:32,440 Stop saying "entertainment" like it's a thing. 283 00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:34,401 And original characters? 284 00:11:34,402 --> 00:11:36,653 That puppet looks exactly like you. 285 00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:38,279 Yes, I am his muse. 286 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,615 [scoffs] I feel like I'm gonna swallow my tongue. 287 00:11:40,616 --> 00:11:42,409 His muse? He's into you. 288 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:44,452 Or more likely, he wants you into him. 289 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:47,330 You are wrong. Andrew is asexual. 290 00:11:47,331 --> 00:11:48,748 A sexual what? 291 00:11:48,749 --> 00:11:51,793 Asexual. He has a lack of sexual attraction to others. 292 00:11:51,794 --> 00:11:53,753 Mm-hmm. Just to a puppet 293 00:11:53,754 --> 00:11:55,923 with a huge package that looks like you! 294 00:11:57,216 --> 00:12:00,219 - [power tools whirring] - [♪ loud hip-hop music playing] 295 00:12:02,304 --> 00:12:03,930 Hello, gentlemen? 296 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:05,725 Hi, hi. 297 00:12:06,308 --> 00:12:09,310 Um, I'm on a Zoom, so could we just hold the work? 298 00:12:09,311 --> 00:12:13,106 But don't stop. Maybe just only paint. 299 00:12:13,107 --> 00:12:14,358 Thanks! 300 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:17,110 - Yes! - Harry! 301 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:19,362 - [loud cheering on TV] - Turn it down! Why so loud? 302 00:12:19,363 --> 00:12:21,114 I couldn't hear over the loud 303 00:12:21,115 --> 00:12:23,158 and totally unnecessary renovation! 304 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:25,035 Well, I have a Zoom. 305 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:28,872 [Harry] Come on, come on, come on! 306 00:12:28,873 --> 00:12:30,165 [Charlotte sighs] 307 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,041 - So sorry. - [Harry] Yes, yes, yes! 308 00:12:32,042 --> 00:12:33,877 [Charlotte] We are doing a renovation. 309 00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:36,379 I have hated my hall wallpaper for years, 310 00:12:36,380 --> 00:12:37,464 and I finally thought, 311 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,717 "Life is short. Change it!" 312 00:12:40,134 --> 00:12:41,634 [Rhonda] It's a 50-minute session. 313 00:12:41,635 --> 00:12:44,304 - The clock is ticking. - Okay. 314 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:45,972 - Um... - [Harry] Oh, no! 315 00:12:45,973 --> 00:12:47,640 You-- you don't have your camera on. 316 00:12:47,641 --> 00:12:48,975 [Rhonda] Doesn't need to be. 317 00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:51,019 - Oh. Um... - [Harry] Go! Go! Go! 318 00:12:51,020 --> 00:12:53,980 Is it better sitting, or-- or should I lie down? 319 00:12:53,981 --> 00:12:56,399 I made sure not to wear any restrictive clothing, 320 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,485 just in case you need to, you know, get in there. 321 00:12:58,486 --> 00:12:59,903 [Rhonda] Whatever you're comfortable with. 322 00:12:59,904 --> 00:13:03,072 It's a psychic energy cleanse, not a pelvic exam. 323 00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:04,657 I don't know what I'm comfortable with. 324 00:13:04,658 --> 00:13:07,035 I didn't even expect to win the silent auction, 325 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:09,496 - I just bid to get it started. - [Harry] Ah, no! 326 00:13:09,497 --> 00:13:10,997 Forty dollars isn't much. 327 00:13:10,998 --> 00:13:13,708 [Rhonda] No, it's not, is it, dear? 328 00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:15,710 Okay. First, I'm gonna lead you 329 00:13:15,711 --> 00:13:17,754 - through a guided meditation. - [Harry] Come on, go! 330 00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:20,048 - [Harry] Go, go, go! - [Henry] Let's go. Five, six, seven, eight. 331 00:13:20,049 --> 00:13:21,550 [tap dancing loudly] 332 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:25,845 I'm sorry. That is my youngest. 333 00:13:25,846 --> 00:13:29,182 They got the lead in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at school. 334 00:13:29,183 --> 00:13:31,684 We were all shocked. Excuse me. 335 00:13:31,685 --> 00:13:32,853 [Harry] Yes! 336 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:38,399 Why are you two tapping right here? 337 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,526 It's the only part of the hallway 338 00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:40,610 that isn't covered in tarp. 339 00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:42,403 Well, hey, hey, hey! 340 00:13:42,404 --> 00:13:44,239 Can you-- [shushing] 341 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,533 [whispering] I am on an energy Zoom. 342 00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:48,535 You don't need to practice right now. 343 00:13:48,536 --> 00:13:50,245 No, we do. The play's in three weeks, 344 00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:52,372 and Rock is entry-level at best. 345 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:53,873 [tapping foot] Five, six, seven, eight. 346 00:13:53,874 --> 00:13:55,918 [loud tap dancing continues] 347 00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:02,924 Gosh, is there any way that we could reschedule? 348 00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:05,635 I just-- I can't relax with all this noise. 349 00:14:05,636 --> 00:14:08,221 [Rhonda] You want me to reschedule for that price? 350 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:10,099 - [Harry] Yes! Sorry! - [Henry] Heel, toe. Heel, heel, heel, heel. 351 00:14:12,142 --> 00:14:14,144 - You rent? - Mm-hmm. 352 00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:19,899 - And you moved in when? - I was ten. 353 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:23,319 My mother, my sister Marley, and me. 354 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:24,571 Mom had the loft, 355 00:14:24,572 --> 00:14:27,991 my sister and I had the bedroom, 356 00:14:27,992 --> 00:14:31,787 and, well... now I'm up there. 357 00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:35,999 - How much do you pay? - You don't want to know. 358 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,166 Tell me. 359 00:14:37,167 --> 00:14:38,626 Remember, it's subsidized artist housing. 360 00:14:38,627 --> 00:14:41,671 My mom was a Raku potter. And it's-- it's rent controlled. 361 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:43,673 - Just say it quick. - Nine hundred a month. 362 00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:45,217 You motherfucker. [chuckles] 363 00:14:46,802 --> 00:14:48,345 Oh, wow. 364 00:14:51,181 --> 00:14:53,099 Gorgeous. Did your mother make it? 365 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:56,269 Yeah, she made all the pottery, and the weavings. 366 00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:59,939 Yeah, she was the OG Birkenstocks and crystals, oils, 367 00:14:59,940 --> 00:15:02,859 apple cider vinegar on everything. 368 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:04,111 "Was"? 369 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,906 She died of breast cancer when I was 20. 370 00:15:07,489 --> 00:15:11,285 Um, turns out they-- they don't make an essential oil for that. 371 00:15:12,494 --> 00:15:14,288 I wish I could've met her. 372 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:17,124 Come here. Come here. 373 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:20,961 This way, please. 374 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,506 [Adam sighs] 375 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,508 Seema, meet my mother. 376 00:15:27,509 --> 00:15:29,510 [♪ soft music playing] 377 00:15:29,511 --> 00:15:31,972 - I'm not gonna shake her leaf. - [laughing] 378 00:15:32,723 --> 00:15:35,308 One Mother's Day, when I was seven, 379 00:15:35,309 --> 00:15:39,855 I gave her this sad, anemic little plant, and... 380 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:42,690 Wait, seriously? That's it? 381 00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:45,360 This is my mom in a nutshell. 382 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:50,157 All love, care, and determination. 383 00:15:50,991 --> 00:15:52,868 - Wow. - Yeah. 384 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:55,621 She was something. 385 00:15:58,916 --> 00:16:01,417 Mommy issues. That's gonna be the reason 386 00:16:01,418 --> 00:16:02,919 this won't work. 387 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,505 So, should we stop taking suggestions from callers? 388 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:07,882 I thought it was gonna be my smoking. 389 00:16:07,883 --> 00:16:11,052 But, no, I have one out the window after sex. 390 00:16:11,053 --> 00:16:13,179 - He's cool with it. - He's cool with it? 391 00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:14,764 Dude's cool with it? 392 00:16:14,765 --> 00:16:17,558 His exact words. So, it's Mom. 393 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:19,645 - Oh. What's she like? - Dead. 394 00:16:20,270 --> 00:16:21,688 Died years ago. 395 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:23,773 Is her body still in the apartment or something? 396 00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:25,733 'Cause I don't see what the problem is. 397 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:27,861 Families that are living? 398 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:30,405 That is the real threat. 399 00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:33,200 Dead, she's a saint. 400 00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:35,743 The apartment is a shrine. 401 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:38,455 Saint Raku of Plants and Pottery. 402 00:16:39,748 --> 00:16:42,291 I'm starving. Sure you can't eat? 403 00:16:42,292 --> 00:16:44,460 I can't. We start work at 7:30. 404 00:16:44,461 --> 00:16:47,130 Oh. This collaboration really worked out. 405 00:16:47,131 --> 00:16:49,424 - It's kinda remarkable that happened. - It is. 406 00:16:49,425 --> 00:16:51,551 It is, I've never worked like this, you know, 407 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:52,969 ideas going back and forth, 408 00:16:52,970 --> 00:16:55,723 and making each other's books better. 409 00:16:56,682 --> 00:16:58,725 Yeah. I could get used to it. 410 00:16:58,726 --> 00:17:00,727 - To what? - Having a writing partner. 411 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:02,604 Well, could it be more than a writing partner? 412 00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:06,108 Well, would that be more? 413 00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:09,361 Maybe that would make it less. 414 00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:13,906 I've never experienced a man 415 00:17:13,907 --> 00:17:16,242 see me as smart first. 416 00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:17,785 Sexy, yes. Cute, yes. 417 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:20,413 - Humble, no. - No, no, no, no. I-- I'm not-- 418 00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:22,832 I'm not bragging, quite the opposite, it's-- 419 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:25,794 it's... it's limiting. 420 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,841 This is different. Duncan respects my thoughts. 421 00:17:31,842 --> 00:17:36,596 What makes me, me. He-- he sees my "me-ness." 422 00:17:36,597 --> 00:17:38,598 You see it, Charlotte and Miranda see it, 423 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:39,766 Duncan sees it. 424 00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:41,476 - And he's a man. - [chuckles] I know. 425 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:42,644 It's very odd. 426 00:17:43,353 --> 00:17:44,353 Let's go. 427 00:17:44,354 --> 00:17:46,315 - Mm. - I'll drop you off. 428 00:17:47,274 --> 00:17:50,110 - I hired Rocco back. - [Carrie gasps] 429 00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:52,278 [Charlotte] So, she works at a Brooklyn hair salon, 430 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:53,279 that's cool! 431 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:54,322 [Miranda] Upside: 432 00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:56,365 I may get a discount on my red. 433 00:17:56,366 --> 00:17:58,785 Downside: Brady is so mad at Steve 434 00:17:58,786 --> 00:18:01,370 that he's moved out of their place and in with me. 435 00:18:01,371 --> 00:18:02,955 I mean, what the fuck? 436 00:18:02,956 --> 00:18:05,666 He gets this girl pregnant, and I'm a mother again? 437 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:07,877 [sighs] Oh, Miranda, it'll all work out. 438 00:18:07,878 --> 00:18:09,462 How is that gonna happen? 439 00:18:09,463 --> 00:18:12,715 Because right now, I'm about to make an unannounced visit 440 00:18:12,716 --> 00:18:16,469 to the de facto baby mama of my adult, wannabe-chef, 441 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:17,970 non-condom-wearing son. 442 00:18:17,971 --> 00:18:22,725 [whispering] Also, I'm not gonna tell her who we are. 443 00:18:22,726 --> 00:18:24,520 Thank you for being here. 444 00:18:25,562 --> 00:18:28,147 Hi, I'm Emily. Do you have an appointment? 445 00:18:28,148 --> 00:18:31,984 I don't, but I'm hoping Mia could fit me in? 446 00:18:31,985 --> 00:18:33,528 I've heard good things. 447 00:18:33,529 --> 00:18:36,989 [Emily] We don't have a stylist named Mia. 448 00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:40,159 Hi, was someone, uh, someone asking for me? 449 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,162 Yes, hi! Uh, Mia. 450 00:18:43,163 --> 00:18:46,749 Your services come highly recommended. 451 00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:48,709 Oh, thanks. That's so nice. 452 00:18:48,710 --> 00:18:51,671 I, um, I don't really work here that often. 453 00:18:51,672 --> 00:18:55,508 I'm, uh, I'm actually making a wellness app, which is, uh, 454 00:18:55,509 --> 00:18:57,385 - sort of my true passion. - [Miranda and Charlotte chuckle] 455 00:18:57,386 --> 00:19:00,388 Someone recommended the shampoo girl to you? 456 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:02,933 That's insane. No offense. 457 00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:06,770 [people chattering] 458 00:19:08,438 --> 00:19:12,067 [Mia farting loudly and repeatedly] 459 00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:16,696 I'm sorry. It's so mortifying. 460 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:20,199 I'm still getting used to all this gas since I'm pregnant. 461 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,742 [chuckles softly] Congratulations! 462 00:19:21,743 --> 00:19:25,079 - [Mia chuckles] - Y-You must be so excited. 463 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,249 Uh, well, honestly, I was gonna get an abortion 464 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:31,711 till I realized the baby would be a double Libra. 465 00:19:31,712 --> 00:19:33,546 It's gonna be such a fucking vibe. 466 00:19:33,547 --> 00:19:34,797 Wow! 467 00:19:34,798 --> 00:19:36,717 - I bet! - [water running] 468 00:19:37,384 --> 00:19:41,053 What does the dad think? Is he into astrology? 469 00:19:41,054 --> 00:19:44,390 Uh, you know what? I have no idea. 470 00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:47,019 You two aren't close, then? 471 00:19:47,561 --> 00:19:49,562 He's cool, I guess. 472 00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:52,398 It's not like we're gonna raise the kid together. 473 00:19:52,399 --> 00:19:54,108 Fuck buddy status, you know? 474 00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:55,402 Then how do you know he's the father? 475 00:19:56,695 --> 00:20:00,114 Uh, I was just wondering how you know, 476 00:20:00,115 --> 00:20:01,742 if he isn't your boyfriend. 477 00:20:02,326 --> 00:20:05,662 I mean, shouldn't you get a paternity test or something? 478 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,626 Why would you ask me that? 479 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:15,881 I'm "fuck buddy's" mother. 480 00:20:18,675 --> 00:20:20,927 Oh my God! [screaming] Oh! 481 00:20:20,928 --> 00:20:22,094 Oh my God! 482 00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:24,472 - Oh! - [Mia] Coming in here, 483 00:20:24,473 --> 00:20:25,681 lying like that? 484 00:20:25,682 --> 00:20:27,600 So gross and inappropriate. 485 00:20:27,601 --> 00:20:29,101 I'm inappropriate?! 486 00:20:29,102 --> 00:20:31,230 You just basically waterboarded me. 487 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,565 Can I at least get a towel? 488 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:36,568 - [grunting] - [Mia] You have to be a Taurus. 489 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,110 [Miranda sighs] 490 00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:39,445 Mia, Mia, Mia, 491 00:20:39,446 --> 00:20:40,780 don't go. Please. 492 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:45,159 I shouldn't have gone, I don't know, "under cover," 493 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,288 but I-- I just found out, and I'm still processing this. 494 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:52,208 I-- I hope because there's a baby coming, 495 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:55,002 we can have some kind of a connection, 496 00:20:55,003 --> 00:20:58,965 so our family can get to know this little boy or girl. 497 00:20:58,966 --> 00:21:01,801 Little boy or girl? [scoffs lightly] 498 00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:03,470 You're so binary. 499 00:21:06,139 --> 00:21:08,724 [Mia farting loudly and repeatedly] 500 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,309 [Emily] Jesus, Mia! 501 00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:11,894 [blow dryer whirring] 502 00:21:11,895 --> 00:21:13,772 [client] Oh, my God. Girl, blow that this way. 503 00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:19,569 [car horns honking in distance] 504 00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:25,993 [sighs] 505 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:28,078 Hello? 506 00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:32,164 I've done all my homework! 507 00:21:32,165 --> 00:21:33,541 [Carrie] I'll be right down! 508 00:21:33,542 --> 00:21:35,502 [Duncan] Well, I've been waiting a fortnight! 509 00:21:35,752 --> 00:21:36,752 [printer beeping] 510 00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:39,005 Should I send up a rescue team? 511 00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:41,716 Not unless they know printer CPR! 512 00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:45,845 - Ugh! - I am breaching the castle wall. 513 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:51,017 Please don't pour down cauldrons of flaming oil on me! 514 00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:53,061 [printer parts clattering] 515 00:21:54,563 --> 00:21:57,440 [printer whirring, clattering continues] 516 00:21:57,441 --> 00:21:59,608 - [Carrie groaning] - Let me see what I can do. 517 00:21:59,609 --> 00:22:02,028 Oh, did you write the biography of Mister Xerox? 518 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:03,529 Let me step aside! 519 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:05,031 Cheeky! 520 00:22:05,032 --> 00:22:08,075 I'll have you know I have a flawless... 521 00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:10,036 - [whirring stops] - ...printer hack. 522 00:22:10,037 --> 00:22:11,371 Yeah. 523 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,586 [printer turning on] 524 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:21,423 - [printer whirring] - Oh! 525 00:22:22,424 --> 00:22:24,884 That only worked 'cause I did the tray open/close thing three times. 526 00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:26,635 - Mm. - Mm-hmm. 527 00:22:26,636 --> 00:22:29,305 Oh, you, uh, you write in front of a window? 528 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:30,806 Interesting. 529 00:22:30,807 --> 00:22:32,641 I write in front of a wall, 530 00:22:32,642 --> 00:22:34,353 so I can bang my head against it. 531 00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:38,564 - What a lovely room. - Hm. 532 00:22:38,565 --> 00:22:40,317 Those frocks. 533 00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:43,110 Have you worn them all? 534 00:22:43,111 --> 00:22:45,946 Well, you know, most New Yorkers 535 00:22:45,947 --> 00:22:47,740 actually venture out. 536 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:50,659 That sounds absurd. But are you ever inside? 537 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:52,244 I mean, you have so many! 538 00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:53,789 Oh, really-- you think that's a lot? 539 00:22:54,664 --> 00:22:56,166 Hold onto your hat. 540 00:22:56,917 --> 00:22:58,502 Am I wearing a hat? 541 00:23:00,253 --> 00:23:02,839 [♪ gentle, plucky music playing] 542 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,510 Duncan, meet my girls. 543 00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:11,597 Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle. [chuckles] 544 00:23:11,598 --> 00:23:14,975 [gasps] Well, you are just 545 00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:16,812 - a fairy tale, aren't you? - [chuckles] 546 00:23:19,773 --> 00:23:21,857 [Duncan gasps] 547 00:23:21,858 --> 00:23:25,277 Oh, look at her! 548 00:23:25,278 --> 00:23:26,780 Hello! 549 00:23:29,157 --> 00:23:30,325 What's-- what's that? 550 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:34,662 You're cross that I've kept your mummy... 551 00:23:34,663 --> 00:23:37,039 - [chuckles] - ...cooped up inside lo these many weeks, 552 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,000 starved you of glamorous parties, and-- 553 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:43,129 what's that, op-- opulent dinners? 554 00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,882 Well, let me make it up to her. 555 00:23:48,343 --> 00:23:51,720 Um, there's a party Tuesday. 556 00:23:51,721 --> 00:23:53,932 My publishing house is throwing it. 557 00:23:55,308 --> 00:23:58,060 The thought of going makes me want to gnaw off my own foot 558 00:23:58,061 --> 00:24:01,188 like a caged animal, but if I might 559 00:24:01,189 --> 00:24:02,898 persuade you to join me... 560 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:05,861 - A publishing party? - Um, hang on. 561 00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:09,573 Rewrite coming in. I will pay you to join me. 562 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:11,991 How much? 563 00:24:11,992 --> 00:24:13,826 [Duncan] Whatever you need to endure a room 564 00:24:13,827 --> 00:24:15,995 full of literary-types, plus my editor, 565 00:24:15,996 --> 00:24:18,998 who is a bit miffed at my lack of progress 566 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:20,333 lo these many weeks. 567 00:24:20,876 --> 00:24:21,877 That much. 568 00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:24,546 You've used "lo" twice on this page. 569 00:24:25,714 --> 00:24:27,215 Write the check. I'll go with you. 570 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,345 [Lisa] Gabby, what are you doing in here? 571 00:24:33,346 --> 00:24:34,722 It's time to take your bath for bed. 572 00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:36,223 I have to find Shirley. 573 00:24:36,224 --> 00:24:38,684 What do you mean, you have to find Shirley? 574 00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:42,271 Why isn't Shirley in her cage on my desk? 575 00:24:42,272 --> 00:24:44,773 - I let her out for a walk. - Gabby! 576 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:47,026 You took her out for a walk? 577 00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:49,361 She was bored, and you weren't even here to watch her. 578 00:24:49,362 --> 00:24:51,197 - You're never here! - [Lisa] There is a rodent 579 00:24:51,198 --> 00:24:52,740 loose in my house. 580 00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:55,451 A little rodent in this big house! 581 00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:57,203 We're never gonna find her now! 582 00:24:57,204 --> 00:24:59,038 She could die in here! 583 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,081 Why did you do something so stupid? 584 00:25:01,082 --> 00:25:02,625 I'm furious at you! 585 00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:04,877 - Furious! - Nanna, Nanna, I-- 586 00:25:04,878 --> 00:25:07,339 This is how you speak to your children? 587 00:25:07,881 --> 00:25:10,926 My God. Just as I suspected. 588 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,888 Good luck with Mommy Dearest. 589 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:17,223 What the hell is happening? 590 00:25:17,224 --> 00:25:18,891 Gabby let the hamster out of the cage, 591 00:25:18,892 --> 00:25:20,559 and now it's somewhere in here! 592 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,228 I mean, it could be anywhere! 593 00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:23,896 [sighs] Oh, God. 594 00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:25,814 I just yelled at Gabby so loud. 595 00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:28,400 Yeah, I know. They heard you in the lobby. 596 00:25:28,401 --> 00:25:31,445 I'm a terrible mother and wife. I-- I'm never here. 597 00:25:31,446 --> 00:25:34,908 I'm always tired. All I do is think about work. 598 00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:36,785 That's not all you do. 599 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,745 [whispering] I should have never said "stupid." 600 00:25:39,746 --> 00:25:42,040 So, you're not gonna be Supermom tonight. 601 00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:45,668 - [clicking tongue, sighs] - It's okay. You're human. 602 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:48,004 - [inhales sharply] - Look at me. Look at me. 603 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:51,633 You're human. 604 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:54,760 - [soft pattering] - [gasps] No! There it is! 605 00:25:54,761 --> 00:25:56,595 There! Go! It ran out the door! 606 00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:58,723 Oh my-- fuckin' rat! 607 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,611 [siren wailing, car horns honking] 608 00:26:12,612 --> 00:26:13,613 [lighter clicking] 609 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:23,665 [pots shattering] 610 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:27,626 - Adam! - You okay? 611 00:26:27,627 --> 00:26:29,879 I'm fine. But I killed your mother. 612 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:34,133 - Am I awake or is this a nightmare? - Both. 613 00:26:34,134 --> 00:26:36,719 I knocked her plant out the window smoking. 614 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,762 What? 615 00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:39,680 Fuck! 616 00:26:39,681 --> 00:26:41,140 [Carrie] No, no, no, no! Ooh! 617 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:43,642 - Don't, no. I know. - [Shoe meowing] 618 00:26:43,643 --> 00:26:46,895 [Charlotte] Well, I had to reschedule the Zoom energy cleanse twice 619 00:26:46,896 --> 00:26:48,856 and my house is still Noise Central, 620 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:50,482 so I appreciate the peace and quiet. 621 00:26:50,483 --> 00:26:52,901 Ah. Hey, listen, this, um, Zoom psychic, 622 00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:54,987 she's not gonna invite any unwanted spirits 623 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,905 into my house, is she? I'm really not looking... 624 00:26:56,906 --> 00:27:00,242 - [laughing] - ...to have a "Don't go into the light, Carol Anne," 625 00:27:00,243 --> 00:27:02,077 - kind of moment. - [laughing] No. 626 00:27:02,078 --> 00:27:04,038 I don't even know if she's legit. 627 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,664 She won't even turn her camera on, 628 00:27:05,665 --> 00:27:07,750 so she could be just, like, smoking and eating pizza 629 00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:10,002 - for all I know. - Ooh, my kind of psychic. 630 00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:13,005 Ooh! What is this gorgeous thing? 631 00:27:13,006 --> 00:27:15,341 Oh, it's something I'm putting together for a party 632 00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:16,550 I was invited to tonight. 633 00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:18,010 Mm, Vivienne Westwood. 634 00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:19,678 Well, it's certainly very special. 635 00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:22,556 - What's the occasion? - Oh, it's just a-- 636 00:27:22,557 --> 00:27:23,932 it's just a publishing thing. 637 00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:25,392 Hmm. 638 00:27:25,393 --> 00:27:28,270 On second thought, it's-- it's probably too special. 639 00:27:28,271 --> 00:27:29,939 Well, it certainly is special. 640 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,737 Duncan invited me to the party. 641 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:38,030 Oh, did he? 642 00:27:38,031 --> 00:27:40,074 Yeah, and when he did, I hesitated. 643 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:43,328 Um, I think because of Miranda. 644 00:27:44,245 --> 00:27:45,621 What does Miranda have to do with it? 645 00:27:45,622 --> 00:27:48,957 Well, um, at your party she insinuated 646 00:27:48,958 --> 00:27:51,543 that the connection between me and Duncan 647 00:27:51,544 --> 00:27:53,545 was more than just writing. 648 00:27:53,546 --> 00:27:56,548 And I got, um, I got pretty defensive. 649 00:27:56,549 --> 00:27:59,468 Well... [chuckles] I got very defensive. 650 00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:03,263 Well, i-is it more than just writing? 651 00:28:03,264 --> 00:28:07,309 Why does everybody think it has to be more than writing? 652 00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:09,228 Look, I-- I don't know. 653 00:28:09,229 --> 00:28:11,105 See, and here I'm-- I'm getting defensive again with you. 654 00:28:11,106 --> 00:28:13,399 - You're just sitting here listening. - [softly] It's okay. 655 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,109 Miranda thought there was something between us. 656 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:16,652 Aidan thought there was something between us. 657 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:18,320 The only person who didn't think there was anything 658 00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:20,907 between us was me, and there wasn't. 659 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:25,620 But now, here I am fussing over a very special dress... 660 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:28,498 and it has nothing to do with writing. 661 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:31,251 [sighs] 662 00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:35,171 I just don't know if I want to go here. 663 00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:36,965 That's up to you. 664 00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:39,217 Not Miranda, and not me. 665 00:28:39,926 --> 00:28:41,427 Not even Aidan. 666 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:45,390 You know how true you were to him, but he's gone. 667 00:28:46,349 --> 00:28:48,142 And you're here. And that dress 668 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:52,104 - deserves to be seen. - Yeah. 669 00:28:52,105 --> 00:28:54,773 Ugh, boy, if anything happened between Duncan and me now... 670 00:28:54,774 --> 00:28:56,150 [chuckles] ...oh, my gosh, 671 00:28:56,151 --> 00:28:58,152 I would never hear the end of it from Miranda. 672 00:28:58,153 --> 00:28:59,945 That's not true. 673 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:02,741 And even if it is, fuck Miranda. 674 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:06,786 Wow. Somebody needs an energy cleanse. 675 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:10,498 - [door closes] - [Charlotte sighs] 676 00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:18,380 - [humming] - [computer chiming] 677 00:29:18,381 --> 00:29:20,632 Hello. Thank you so much 678 00:29:20,633 --> 00:29:23,510 for all the time and effort it took to reschedule this. 679 00:29:23,511 --> 00:29:24,720 [Rhonda] Well, it was a lot. I mean, 680 00:29:24,721 --> 00:29:26,138 because of all the back and forth, 681 00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:27,973 you've only got 12 minutes left to your session 682 00:29:27,974 --> 00:29:29,726 and no time for a guided meditation. 683 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,311 Alright, so what's the energy you need cleared? 684 00:29:32,312 --> 00:29:34,480 Now, you hate your new wallpaper? 685 00:29:34,481 --> 00:29:36,065 Well, um... 686 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:39,526 my husband just came through cancer, 687 00:29:39,527 --> 00:29:43,989 and I think I'm just still carrying a lot of that around. 688 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,825 [sniffling] It was-- it was the most scared 689 00:29:46,826 --> 00:29:48,494 that I've ever been, 690 00:29:48,495 --> 00:29:51,538 [voice breaking] and I wasn't, uh, really allowed 691 00:29:51,539 --> 00:29:53,958 to express that to anyone, so... 692 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:57,420 Oh! 693 00:29:58,046 --> 00:29:59,922 Your-- your camera's on. [chuckles, sniffles] 694 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:01,924 Sorry about the wallpaper comment. 695 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:04,093 You can forget people are people on Zoom. 696 00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:07,346 Not very loving when you're going through so much. 697 00:30:07,347 --> 00:30:10,015 Okay, Charlotte, I'm gonna lead you 698 00:30:10,016 --> 00:30:12,059 through a guided mediation. 699 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:14,186 Oh, but there isn't time. 700 00:30:14,187 --> 00:30:16,522 I've got all the time in the world. 701 00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:18,023 - Okay. - [Rhonda] Now, I want you 702 00:30:18,024 --> 00:30:20,692 to imagine you're in a place where you feel safe, 703 00:30:20,693 --> 00:30:22,529 relaxed, and serene. 704 00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:26,031 So! What happened while I was out? 705 00:30:26,032 --> 00:30:28,867 Are we wildly successful yet? 706 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:30,536 Not quite yet. 707 00:30:30,537 --> 00:30:32,871 But, you do have a visitor. 708 00:30:32,872 --> 00:30:34,540 He didn't have an appointment. 709 00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:35,542 Who? 710 00:30:36,751 --> 00:30:37,918 - Me. - What... 711 00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:40,087 You haven't returned my calls or texts. 712 00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:42,714 - What's up? - I killed your mother. 713 00:30:42,715 --> 00:30:44,299 - Oh, my God. - Figuratively. 714 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:47,303 Oh. That's a relief. I just signed a two-year lease. 715 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,431 Need my ChapStick. 716 00:30:52,141 --> 00:30:53,726 [office workers chattering] 717 00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:56,270 I didn't know what to say. 718 00:30:56,271 --> 00:30:57,980 I killed the thing you love the most. 719 00:30:57,981 --> 00:31:01,650 No, cancer killed the thing I love the most. 720 00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:03,653 I can barely look at you. 721 00:31:08,658 --> 00:31:09,659 Hi. 722 00:31:11,995 --> 00:31:13,662 I told you that it was fine. 723 00:31:13,663 --> 00:31:15,664 That plant is gone. 724 00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:16,875 Is it? 725 00:31:18,793 --> 00:31:19,918 Come here. 726 00:31:19,919 --> 00:31:22,129 I salvaged some of the clippings, 727 00:31:22,130 --> 00:31:24,006 and the rest are in the greenhouse, 728 00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:26,758 and here on the bookshelf, and on your desk. 729 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:28,386 Wait, is that her? 730 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:31,096 [chuckling] I told you she's determined. 731 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:33,974 [chuckles softly] Adam, I'm not a plant person. 732 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,851 I don't wanna kill her twice. 733 00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:37,603 Are-- are these self-watering? 734 00:31:37,604 --> 00:31:38,646 No. 735 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,691 But that's what you have me for. 736 00:31:43,651 --> 00:31:45,360 Let's not dawdle, Lisa. 737 00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:47,362 I have no interest in being late 738 00:31:47,363 --> 00:31:50,782 on this monumental night of my son's life. 739 00:31:50,783 --> 00:31:52,326 Just getting my keys, Mother Wexley. 740 00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:54,953 I'm ready. I'll get the elevator. 741 00:31:54,954 --> 00:31:56,622 "Monumental"? Mother, we're... [chuckles] 742 00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,207 ...only talking about the election for City Comptroller. 743 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:02,169 But what city? New York City. 744 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:04,463 - The crème de la crème. - Okay. 745 00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:07,299 Hey, Mom, how long do I have to stay at this thing? 746 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,468 - Herbert, Jr.! - What? I have homework. 747 00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:10,969 - [Lisa scoffs] - Oh, he has homework? 748 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:12,638 This is a monumental night. 749 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:13,972 [♪ exciting music playing] 750 00:32:13,973 --> 00:32:16,350 Just stay until after your father's acceptance speech. 751 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,977 - If I win. - [elevator dings] 752 00:32:18,978 --> 00:32:21,813 Wexleys always win. 753 00:32:21,814 --> 00:32:24,024 I mean, the polls have you ahead by five points, 754 00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:26,151 and that's outside the margin of error. 755 00:32:26,152 --> 00:32:28,236 - [Lisa] Whoo! - Yay! Daddy! 756 00:32:28,237 --> 00:32:31,490 [all chanting] Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! 757 00:32:31,491 --> 00:32:33,492 - [♪ music swells] - Daddy! Daddy! 758 00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,495 - [elevator dings] - [♪ music stops] 759 00:32:37,747 --> 00:32:39,916 I hate this filthy city. 760 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:42,000 How did this happen? 761 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,169 We were outside the margin of error. 762 00:32:44,170 --> 00:32:47,047 Mr. Chauncey said the working-class voters swayed the results. 763 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:49,591 I don't have time for that fool Chauncey 764 00:32:49,592 --> 00:32:51,343 or the working class. 765 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:55,180 Just come on, everyone. We'll order a big ole pizza, 766 00:32:55,181 --> 00:32:57,600 the kind with the goat cheese that we love. 767 00:32:59,185 --> 00:33:00,268 [Eunice sighs] 768 00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:02,187 How could you ever enter a race 769 00:33:02,188 --> 00:33:04,691 if there was a chance you could lose? 770 00:33:06,609 --> 00:33:08,611 [♪ gentle, somber music playing] 771 00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:10,697 [Lisa] Sweetheart... 772 00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:13,073 don't let her get to you. 773 00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:15,701 You wanted to do something to help people. 774 00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,036 - Your heart is in the right place. - [sighs] 775 00:33:18,037 --> 00:33:20,914 I can't believe... [chuckles] I lost. 776 00:33:20,915 --> 00:33:24,210 So, you didn't win. You're human. 777 00:33:25,545 --> 00:33:26,838 Look at me. 778 00:33:28,423 --> 00:33:29,549 You're human. 779 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:39,392 [♪ soft, upbeat music playing] 780 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:52,905 [♪ "Faisal (envelops me)" by Fred Again playing] 781 00:33:53,322 --> 00:33:57,618 ♪ Oh, your loving is bittersweet ♪ 782 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,707 [♪ "Faisal (envelops me)" continues playing] 783 00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:09,838 You look well, Imogen. 784 00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:12,257 I do. Is Thatcher finished? 785 00:34:12,258 --> 00:34:14,092 Did I mention how well you're looking? 786 00:34:14,093 --> 00:34:16,428 [sighs] You're very bad. 787 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:19,640 ♪ Let me out, babe, I can't breathe ♪ 788 00:34:20,683 --> 00:34:23,561 ♪ I'm shaking now ♪ 789 00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:27,315 ♪ You lost yourself in me ♪ 790 00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:32,110 ♪ Machine in doubt ♪ 791 00:34:32,111 --> 00:34:35,364 ♪ You can leave your pain behind now ♪ 792 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,491 [Imogen gasps] 793 00:34:37,492 --> 00:34:40,160 Carrie Bradshaw just walked in. 794 00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:42,788 What is she wearing? It's fabulous. 795 00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:45,874 I've been desperate for eons to get her to one of our events, 796 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,627 but why on earth is she here tonight? 797 00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:51,130 - It's not even a good one. - I invited her. 798 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:53,465 Well, how do you know Carrie Bradshaw? 799 00:34:53,466 --> 00:34:55,050 - Well, hello, you! - [Carrie chuckles] 800 00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:56,468 [Duncan] She's my upstairs neighbor. 801 00:34:56,469 --> 00:34:58,471 - [Carrie] It's nice to see you. - Excuse me. 802 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:01,474 [scoffs] 803 00:35:02,391 --> 00:35:04,726 - Well, hello there. - Good evening. 804 00:35:04,727 --> 00:35:08,355 You, um, clean up good. 805 00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:10,816 Is-- is that the phrase? "You clean up good"? 806 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:12,777 Yeah, enough with the chitchat. Where's my payment? 807 00:35:13,194 --> 00:35:14,736 And I don't take crypto 808 00:35:14,737 --> 00:35:18,825 or that other phony currency, pounds. 809 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:23,245 Shall we get ourselves several drinks? 810 00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:24,872 Yes, we shall. 811 00:35:29,085 --> 00:35:31,753 - [Giuseppe grunting] - Can I talk to you about something? 812 00:35:31,754 --> 00:35:34,214 Again, the police will never come here 813 00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:36,174 and find my dead naked torso 814 00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:38,218 strung from the ceiling by my nipples. 815 00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:39,928 Agree to disagree. 816 00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:42,974 He is a sweet, asexual roommate. 817 00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:47,979 How would you like to trade him in for a sexual roommate? 818 00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:51,356 You wanna move in together? 819 00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:53,108 [chuckles softly] 820 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:55,193 That is a wonderful offer, Tony. 821 00:35:55,194 --> 00:35:57,613 And yes, someday. 822 00:35:59,073 --> 00:36:00,740 Let's wait. I wouldn't want us 823 00:36:00,741 --> 00:36:02,243 to move too fast. Hmm? 824 00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:04,871 - Okay. - I have to go pee. 825 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:12,085 - [light rapid thumping] - [grunting] 826 00:36:12,086 --> 00:36:13,504 [moaning] 827 00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:17,800 [♪ dramatic music playing] 828 00:36:19,802 --> 00:36:23,388 [♪ music swelling] 829 00:36:23,389 --> 00:36:24,472 [♪ music stops abruptly] 830 00:36:24,473 --> 00:36:27,058 Sure. Let's do it. I'll move in. 831 00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:28,310 - Oh-- - [door closes] 832 00:36:28,311 --> 00:36:30,228 [sighs, chuckles] 833 00:36:30,229 --> 00:36:31,438 [Anthony chuckles] 834 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:34,232 [Giuseppe sighs, sniffles] 835 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:36,818 It sounds as if you've been very helpful 836 00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:38,988 - with the Iron Lady. - Oh, she has. 837 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:41,656 Maggie almost seems human. 838 00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:43,241 No, really, Duncan's the one 839 00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:45,577 who's been enormously helpful with my book. 840 00:36:45,578 --> 00:36:48,079 - [Duncan] Hmm. - Well, he does have a sharp eye. 841 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,415 And when it comes to bad relationship material, 842 00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:51,750 - he's a fount. - [Carrie laughing] 843 00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:53,335 Never missed a deadline, 844 00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:55,837 but always missed our anniversary. 845 00:36:55,838 --> 00:36:58,591 Never say never, Imogen. Turns out... 846 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:02,260 [sighs] I will need a bit of an extension after all. 847 00:37:02,261 --> 00:37:05,764 And I'm mentioning it now, in front of Carrie Bradshaw, 848 00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:09,142 because you'll want to impress her by saying "yes." 849 00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:11,269 Mm, we can talk about it next week 850 00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:13,313 when you're back in London. 851 00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:16,775 Carrie, it was so lovely to finally meet you. 852 00:37:16,776 --> 00:37:21,196 And if you ever need a publisher when you're in the UK, 853 00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:22,989 - I'm wonderful with writers. - [Carrie chuckles] 854 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:25,158 - As long as I don't marry them. - [Imogen and Carrie chuckle] 855 00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:27,118 [Duncan] Hmm. 856 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:28,453 [Carrie inhales sharply] 857 00:37:28,454 --> 00:37:30,081 Well... 858 00:37:31,165 --> 00:37:33,458 aren't you an enigma wrapped in a riddle? 859 00:37:33,459 --> 00:37:36,044 An enigma? Uh, maybe. 860 00:37:36,045 --> 00:37:37,212 A riddle? Hardly. 861 00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:38,797 I mean, I think it's pretty clear 862 00:37:38,798 --> 00:37:42,343 I married my publisher because I enjoyed her shade of lipstick. 863 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:44,512 Did you miss your deadline? 864 00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:47,515 [clicking tongue] I did. 865 00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:54,438 Now, will you please accompany me out of this place... 866 00:37:55,523 --> 00:37:58,483 to somewhere we can sit down and eat something? 867 00:37:58,484 --> 00:38:00,193 Yes, I will. 868 00:38:00,194 --> 00:38:01,988 - No extra charge. - Mm. 869 00:38:11,330 --> 00:38:14,333 [♪ soft music playing] 870 00:38:23,884 --> 00:38:25,428 [sighs softly] 871 00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:29,181 [lights click] 872 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:34,894 [Duncan] When I finish a draft, I need at least a month 873 00:38:34,895 --> 00:38:37,772 of despising it, tearing it apart, 874 00:38:37,773 --> 00:38:39,691 before I put it all back together again 875 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:41,443 - exactly as it was before. - [Carrie chuckles] 876 00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:45,030 [Duncan] [chuckles] Then, I have a two-week trial separation 877 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:46,740 before I walk it in to them 878 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:49,534 and hand it over, extremely drunk. 879 00:38:49,535 --> 00:38:52,412 [Carrie] [chuckles] Well, that is completely unnecessary, 880 00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:54,039 except the drunk part. 881 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,375 - [Duncan chuckles softly] - [gate squeaking] 882 00:38:56,917 --> 00:38:59,753 I think your book is wonderful. 883 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:01,921 [sighs] I think you're wonderful. 884 00:39:01,922 --> 00:39:03,631 [chuckles softly] 885 00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:05,717 And apparently, so does everybody else in New York. 886 00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:07,719 - [chuckles] - Tonight, I discovered, 887 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,471 Carrie Bradshaw, you're a thing. 888 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:12,974 [chuckles] And I discovered you're a mess. 889 00:39:12,975 --> 00:39:14,976 Now, you see, that is why 890 00:39:14,977 --> 00:39:17,062 one should never venture out in New York. 891 00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:19,398 If only we'd stayed inside this house where we both belong... 892 00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:22,400 we'd never know that you're a thing and I'm a... 893 00:39:22,401 --> 00:39:24,236 - Mess. - Mess. Exactly. 894 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,116 Wait, hold please. Rewrite coming in. 895 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:35,498 You're not a mess. 896 00:39:38,918 --> 00:39:41,045 I think you're wonderful as well. 897 00:39:47,301 --> 00:39:48,928 Do you wanna come downstairs? 898 00:39:50,805 --> 00:39:54,392 To be clear, I'm done writing for today. 899 00:39:55,976 --> 00:39:57,644 And possibly forever. 900 00:39:57,645 --> 00:39:59,105 [chuckles] 901 00:40:12,201 --> 00:40:15,204 - Good night, then. - Good night, then. 902 00:40:30,177 --> 00:40:31,345 Duncan. 903 00:40:33,681 --> 00:40:34,765 Duncan. 904 00:40:36,725 --> 00:40:39,728 [♪ romantic music playing] 905 00:40:49,363 --> 00:40:51,030 I feel certain whoever lives here next 906 00:40:51,031 --> 00:40:53,159 will have a better-quality sheet. 907 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:56,661 Wait, I don't mean to imply that you're gonna sleep 908 00:40:56,662 --> 00:40:59,915 with whoever rents these rooms from now on. 909 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:04,003 I mean, I think it's crystal-clear that this was charity. 910 00:41:05,337 --> 00:41:06,714 I give what I can. 911 00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:15,014 You understand that I won't be returning? 912 00:41:16,098 --> 00:41:17,808 Yes, I got the subtext. 913 00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:21,604 As I think I mentioned when we first met... 914 00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:26,692 [inhales sharply] ...you are a distraction. 915 00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:31,363 And as we, um... 916 00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:36,785 now know, when it comes to anything but writing... 917 00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:40,998 I'm a mess. [blowing] 918 00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:44,251 So, here we are. 919 00:41:45,044 --> 00:41:46,253 Any regrets? 920 00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:47,922 One. 921 00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:52,592 I shouldn't have cut that lavender paragraph 922 00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:54,261 from the start of the chapter. 923 00:41:57,681 --> 00:42:00,266 What's gonna happen to the woman? 924 00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:01,726 I mean, do you have the ending yet? 925 00:42:01,727 --> 00:42:02,770 Mm. 926 00:42:04,146 --> 00:42:07,733 Well, she'll die of loneliness, of course. 927 00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:10,236 - It's a bit cliché. - Smallpox, then. 928 00:42:11,153 --> 00:42:12,821 - No. - Big pox. 929 00:42:14,823 --> 00:42:16,825 [both chuckle] 930 00:42:17,409 --> 00:42:19,537 May I make one final suggestion? 931 00:42:20,913 --> 00:42:22,873 - [sighs] - She lives. 932 00:42:23,999 --> 00:42:25,042 Hmm. 933 00:42:26,085 --> 00:42:28,754 She's such a unique character, it'd be a shame to end her. 934 00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:32,383 I will take that into consideration. 935 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,762 [inhales sharply] You know, this is the first time 936 00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:40,474 in a long while... 937 00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:46,730 that I've enjoyed being completely preoccupied... 938 00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:51,068 with someone living rather than someone deceased. 939 00:42:53,153 --> 00:42:56,365 [inhales sharply] I may have missed a deadline, 940 00:42:57,741 --> 00:43:00,077 but you've given me a new lifeline. 941 00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:03,830 - Duncan? - Yes? 942 00:43:03,831 --> 00:43:05,790 - Way too purple. [chuckles] - Yeah, the minute I said it, 943 00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:07,793 - I knew that it's... - [chuckles] 944 00:43:08,961 --> 00:43:11,130 You are such a writer. 945 00:43:15,801 --> 00:43:17,802 And, darling, so are you. 946 00:43:17,803 --> 00:43:20,806 [♪ gentle music playing] 947 00:43:28,981 --> 00:43:30,816 [Carrie] The woman sat in her garden. 948 00:43:31,817 --> 00:43:35,153 Even though summer had come and now gone, 949 00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:37,572 she could feel the warmth of its lingering touch 950 00:43:37,573 --> 00:43:39,241 on her face and body. 951 00:43:40,242 --> 00:43:41,327 How wonderful. 952 00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:44,705 How wonderful. 953 00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:53,004 ♪ Easy, I'm not saying it's easy ♪ 954 00:43:53,005 --> 00:43:56,049 ♪ To forgive completely ♪ 955 00:43:56,050 --> 00:43:59,093 ♪ But I couldn't let it last ♪ 956 00:43:59,094 --> 00:44:02,347 ♪ And you never grow from that ♪ 957 00:44:02,348 --> 00:44:05,433 ♪ So I had to take the space ♪ 958 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:10,063 ♪ And finally get away, yeah ♪ 959 00:44:10,064 --> 00:44:13,232 ♪ And bathe in a beautiful morning ♪ 960 00:44:13,233 --> 00:44:16,277 ♪ Stand in the still of the sun ♪ 961 00:44:16,278 --> 00:44:19,697 ♪ Breathe out and take in the moment ♪ 962 00:44:19,698 --> 00:44:21,449 ♪ Living, you've already won ♪ 963 00:44:21,450 --> 00:44:22,950 ♪ Keep on, keep on ♪ 964 00:44:22,951 --> 00:44:25,870 ♪ Run, go ahead, you can tell the people ♪ 965 00:44:25,871 --> 00:44:29,290 ♪ I'm alright and I'm still in the sun ♪ 966 00:44:29,291 --> 00:44:32,126 ♪ Ring all the bells, sing and tell the people ♪ 967 00:44:32,127 --> 00:44:35,546 ♪ Everywhere that the flower has gone ♪ 968 00:44:35,547 --> 00:44:37,549 ♪ 969 00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:44,972 ♪ Hey, ooh ♪ 970 00:44:44,973 --> 00:44:47,809 ♪ Ring all the bells, sing and tell the people ♪ 971 00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:51,270 ♪ Everywhere that the flower has gone ♪ 972 00:44:51,271 --> 00:44:54,024 ♪ Keep on ♪